#Robin and Skylark

[celestetheseaunicorn]

For the music ask game for you (your s/i) and Robin!

🌷 - what's a song off of your playlist that really encapsulates your selfship? what about the song makes you feel that way?

🌸 - what's a song off of your playlist that reminds you of your f/o more than the others? why is that?

🍧 - which song's lyrics/title would be used in the title of a fanfiction the fandom would write about you and your f/o?

Hiii @jokerislandgirl32 !! Thank you for the ask :D!! Although, brace yourself, I think I wrote an essay here lol :D

🌷I feel like the song that really goes with their relationship would be “Something that I Want” by Grave Porter :3

I think this song really fits since it fits their individual journeys and how they work together! :D Since, in their story, when she first joins the teens titans, which is the hero team the show Robin is in centers around, she’s trying to find her footing and maybe a bit naive but she has good intentions and learns to come into her own as time goes on with her on the team and they fall in love on the way 😊.

It really fits Robin too since through the show he’s trying to separate himself from Batman to be his own hero, and he leaves Gotham to grow somewhere else which is jump city where things eventually take place this goes with the lyrics “he’s a man of his own invention” and “he walked out the door” for him leaving Gotham :3.

As for how it works for them together, the chorus “something I want, something I tell myself I need”, is like how they are both trying to find themselves and do something that means something to them but they have to make sure not to fall into the trap of working themselves so much they pull away from their friends since something they both need is love from friends and eachother, as shown by the lyric, “Don’t you see that what you need is standing in front of you…?” but luckily they are both working on that.

“He’s been living in a pure illusion, She’s gonna come to her own conclusion, right when you think you know what to say, someone comes along and shows you a brand new way”

For these lyrics, I represents how Robin tends to take being a hero as a core part of his identity, Skylark likes how much he cares about it but he can do it to a fault sometimes, especially when he isolate himself while investigating a case. But she adapts and makes sure he knows he isn’t alone, and even helps him open up to his team more. She also tends to have a pretty creative way of doing things in general which is where the “someone comes along and shows you a brand new way” comes in!

🌸A song off my playlist that I think reminds me of Robin is “One” from Sleeping at Last and “Elevate” by DJ Khalil since I feel like “One” shows how he wants to do good but is really hard on himself and how that causes him issues sometimes but that he’s learning to loosen up, and I feel like “Elevate” shows how he likes to push himself and takes pride in being a hero and I feel like its the sort of style of song he likes to listen to.

🍧Finally, for the song lyrics used in a fanfic title, definitely from the song “They stay down deep” by Giselle. “And in those ocean eyes of yours, sea monsters swim in cluttered drawers, I’m scared they’ll climb out when you weep, don’t fear my dear they stay down deep” or “I wish those ocean eyes of yours Would see I’m not afraid of flaws I wish those ocean eyes of yours would not hide behind closed doors”. Those hit particularly close to me when listening to the song since Robin has blue “ocean” eyes even though the mask covers them most of the time lol. I feel like these lyrics would highlight how he tends to hide his issues and problems and how Skylark wants him to give her the chance to comfort him and show that she’ll love him, flaws and all. Although, this can also work in reverse too when she feels insecure and trying to hide her issues and negative feelings from him while feeling doubtful or ashamed of herself. Luckily, he’s there for her too and will reassure her, and give her lots of tight hugs too which he knows she loves :D.

Thanks again for the ask!! :D and I hope you enjoy my response!! :D

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allemande left!

(did you know: in gender-neutral contra dance calling, "gents and ladies" is often replaced by "larks and robins"! isnt that cool?🐦🌈✨️)

[firebyte1]

Here's the full chart, big thanks to everyone who gave suggestions ;)

[k-looking-glass-house]

What if Crowley uses "bird" vocabulary like Floyd with his marine nicknames....

Yes he's a crow ... Just imagine if he sees us as biiiiird~

Of course it's just my point of view, I am not a professional in ornithology, you might have your own idea about this one and I would definitely want to hear about it!

Mostly they are birds we could see in my country...

Let's go:

Ombrorio

Grim(m) -> Grey catbird (grey like Grimm, striped wings and can make cat noise....yes)

Yuu(sona) -> Sparrow (Crowley would definitely call Yuu a little sparrow....)

Night Raven College staff

Sam -> Painted bunting (small, vibrant, colorful, a rare sight to view)

Mozus Trein -> Eurasian skylark (classy, well known literally a french song about this bird "he sung it to Lucius as a kitten")

Ashton Vargas -> Pheasant (....the irony as his Disney counterpart is an hunter, but vibrant color)

Divus Crewel -> Great spotted woodpecker (literally screaming I am Cruella, fashion red, black and white bird)

Heartslabyul

Ace Trappola -> Nothern cardinal (red... funky feather style, fights their own mirror reflection...)

Deuce Spade -> Blue slaty bunting

Riddle Roseheart -> Robin (Hi Ciel Phantomhive...I mean Kuroshitsuji ref but look that little red face)

Trey Clover -> Nightingale (sorry Trey...Crowley is implying you can either sing...or can't...but you do have a perfect voice!)

Cater Diamond -> Pyrrhula (I love this little bird too....they became very rare by now, look this tiny orange one)

(Heartslabyul are literally the birds of Aurora in 2d "Sleeping beauty")

Savannaclaw

Jack Howl -> Owl (....this one is pretty obvious)

Leona Kingscholar -> "Savanna" eagle (yes... definitely a strong bird)

Ruggie Bucchi -> Speckled mousebird (listen to that bird you'll understand, also....that feather hairstyle!)

Octavinelle

Jade Leech -> Emperor penguin (tall...classy ...can't fly pfff)

Azul Ashengrotto -> Nothern gannet (verrryyy big, analystic-smart one, can't walk on land...)

Floyd Leech -> Snare penguin (unique appareance, multiple various vocalized sounds)

Scarabia

Kalim Al Asim -> White falcon (precious, royal bird in a "maybe similar related country in our world")

Jamil Viper -> Red Parrot (or macaw) (obviously because of Iago)

Pomefiore

Epel Felmier -> Snow bunting (a "petite robuste" bird living in snow)

Vil Schoenheit -> Peacock (beautiful, handsome literally The Evil Queen's bird)

Rook Hunt -> Mallard (another irony for an hunter...but this bird is beautiful I mean it, and is found everywheerrre (like a stalker bird ha ha))

Ignihyde

Idia Shroud -> Blue jay (blue, black and blue stripes, funny enough the bird is stated to be noisy ha ha, Idia can be supah noisy sometimes too when setting his boundaries, GG Idia!)

Ortho Shroud -> Eurasian blue tit (a little fluffy bird, blue and yellow doing a very cute melodious sound, I love watching them...)

Diasomnia

Sebek Zigvolt -> Egyptian plover (yes....the bird on the crocodile's back...yes)

Malleus Draconia -> Great eared nightjar (it's a dragon bird....look at him)/I could have chosen Casoar too... but nope...

Lilia Vanrouge -> Anna's hummingbird (it's small, pink and changes color with light...like his hairs)

Silver -> Nine-primaried oscines (a cute lovely bird in our woods, pink and blue)

Thanks National Geographic....

It's just pure fanon brainstorming... I'm sorry...

bird photos were mostly took from "Wikipedia"

[mistyjessart]

BBC Ghosts Bird AU

@m1nts and I cooked so have a bird AU

In this AU Alison is an ornithologist who moves with Mike into Button House and notices a really strange combination of birds that live by the lake so she decides to study them

Mike is your average person who just knows that birds are birds and that's about it and Alison has to constantly stop him from feeding them bread

The Captain is a pigeon (because messenger pigeons were used in the war), but since pigeons don't live that long he's a trained race pigeon that got left behind when the old owner moved (because this is his home dammit)

Also they look like they have mustaches

Havers is a Great Reed Warbler that migrates to Africa every winter

Pigeon Cap gets visibly depressed when his warbler bf is gone

Kitty is a Skylark who kinda just started following Cap around one day and does little head bops at the other birds to get them to dance with her

Robin is a tawny owl because moon and hunting, it's also very silly to see a big owl interact with all the little birds, especially Kitty

Mary and Annie are northern cardinal gfs (yes because the feathers look like fire)

Fanny is a duck and she has an absolute blast swimming around the pond and aggressively quacking at all the other birds for funsies

Pat's a dunnock cuz they're garden birds common to Yorkshire

Julian is a European Shag because YES that IS a real bird

Thomas is a nightingale whose mate got stolen by his cousin

After Allison and Mike move in, he warms up to her and sits on her shoulder singing all day, which confuses them both, especially when the tiny little nightingale tries to attack Mike, but hey, she's the bird whisperer now I guess

Humphrey is a chicken because they can survive with their head chopped off

The plague ghosts are a murder of crows that come by to visit (and steal the bird seed Allison puts out) every now and then

bird photos for reference under the cut:

[mutant-distraction]

Robin Rajan

Oriental skylark

Parunthumpara, Kerala, India

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Auguries of Innocence

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower 

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 

And Eternity in an hour

A Robin Red breast in a Cage

Puts all Heaven in a Rage 

A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons

Shudders Hell thr' all its regions 

A dog starvd at his Masters Gate

Predicts the ruin of the State 

A Horse misusd upon the Road

Calls to Heaven for Human blood 

Each outcry of the hunted Hare

A fibre from the Brain does tear 

A Skylark wounded in the wing 

A Cherubim does cease to sing 

The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight

Does the Rising Sun affright 

Every Wolfs & Lions howl

Raises from Hell a Human Soul 

The wild deer, wandring here & there 

Keeps the Human Soul from Care 

The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife

And yet forgives the Butchers knife 

The Bat that flits at close of Eve

Has left the Brain that wont Believe

The Owl that calls upon the Night

Speaks the Unbelievers fright

He who shall hurt the little Wren

Shall never be belovd by Men 

He who the Ox to wrath has movd

Shall never be by Woman lovd

The wanton Boy that kills the Fly

Shall feel the Spiders enmity 

He who torments the Chafers Sprite

Weaves a Bower in endless Night 

The Catterpiller on the Leaf

Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief 

Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly 

For the Last Judgment draweth nigh 

He who shall train the Horse to War

Shall never pass the Polar Bar 

The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat 

Feed them & thou wilt grow fat 

The Gnat that sings his Summers Song

Poison gets from Slanders tongue 

The poison of the Snake & Newt

Is the sweat of Envys Foot 

The poison of the Honey Bee

Is the Artists Jealousy

The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags

Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags 

A Truth thats told with bad intent

Beats all the Lies you can invent 

It is right it should be so 

Man was made for Joy & Woe 

And when this we rightly know 

Thro the World we safely go 

Joy & Woe are woven fine 

A Clothing for the soul divine 

Under every grief & pine

Runs a joy with silken twine 

The Babe is more than swadling Bands

Throughout all these Human Lands

Tools were made & Born were hands 

Every Farmer Understands

Every Tear from Every Eye

Becomes a Babe in Eternity 

This is caught by Females bright

And returnd to its own delight 

The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar 

Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore 

The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath

Writes Revenge in realms of Death 

The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air

Does to Rags the Heavens tear 

The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun 

Palsied strikes the Summers Sun

The poor Mans Farthing is worth more

Than all the Gold on Africs Shore

One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands

Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands 

Or if protected from on high 

Does that whole Nation sell & buy 

He who mocks the Infants Faith

Shall be mockd in Age & Death 

He who shall teach the Child to Doubt

The rotting Grave shall neer get out 

He who respects the Infants faith

Triumphs over Hell & Death 

The Childs Toys & the Old Mans Reasons

Are the Fruits of the Two seasons 

The Questioner who sits so sly 

Shall never know how to Reply 

He who replies to words of Doubt

Doth put the Light of Knowledge out 

The Strongest Poison ever known

Came from Caesars Laurel Crown 

Nought can Deform the Human Race

Like to the Armours iron brace 

When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow

To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow 

A Riddle or the Crickets Cry

Is to Doubt a fit Reply 

The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile

Make Lame Philosophy to smile 

He who Doubts from what he sees

Will neer Believe do what you Please 

If the Sun & Moon should Doubt 

Theyd immediately Go out 

To be in a Passion you Good may Do 

But no Good if a Passion is in you 

The Whore & Gambler by the State

Licencd build that Nations Fate 

The Harlots cry from Street to Street 

Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet 

The Winners Shout the Losers Curse 

Dance before dead Englands Hearse 

Every Night & every Morn

Some to Misery are Born 

Every Morn and every Night

Some are Born to sweet delight 

Some are Born to sweet delight 

Some are Born to Endless Night 

We are led to Believe a Lie

When we see not Thro the Eye

Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night 

When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light 

God Appears & God is Light

To those poor Souls who dwell in Night 

But does a Human Form Display

To those who Dwell in Realms of day

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Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)

[oddree13]

James Dean For A Day

There's a James Dean Festival held annually in Indiana. Steve & Eddie each separately sneak away for the weekend, expecting not to run into anyone they know. Eddie likes the fest because he gets a chance to show off his first sweetheart and figures it a good spot for cruising.

Steve is just a Dean fan, and coming to terms with his sexuality. But if James Dean could be bisexual, Steve felt he could eventually make the label fit. Besides he figured the festival will be a nice solo escape from Hawkins.

Steve parks his beemer in the festival's general lot and hops out of his car to straighten out his outfit. He almost wore Dean's classic outfit from Rebel. But when Robin made him watch East of Eden a few weeks ago he went out of his way to make one of Dean's sweater outfits.

Maybe it's Steve's way of pretending he's still the boy next door, despite everything that's happened. But he doesn't want to think of that now. Right now he's focused on getting his ticket heading to classic car show before it gets too crowded.

Steve wishes he had a car to show off. It's not that he doesn't love his car, but he sort of wishes he'd been allowed to take auto shop at school and properly learn how to take care of his ride.

Steve's always liked cars, and dreamed of fixing up something classic when he got old enough. But when his freshman year elective sheet came and his father saw auto shop circled, he went on a tirade about blue collar work being beneath Harrington men and forbade Steve.

Steve's dad forbid him from a lot of things & of course now that he isn't around Steve doesn't have the time or money to learn something like mechanics. Wandering through the rows of cars Steve spies classic after classic - Bel Air, Thunderbird, Skylark, & a handful of Camaros.

But what makes him finally stop in his tracks is what looks to be an original 1949 Mercury Coupe - the car from Rebel without a Cause. He can't believe his eyes and slowly walks around the car, letting his eyes savor the view.

And just when he thinks the view can't get any better he spies the owner bending under the hood. He's wearing high-waisted 50s jeans that hug in all the right places, a black bandana in the left pocket.

To make the view even better the man is wearing a white under shirt clinging to the curves of his chest. Steve's eyes rove up to see the man has cuffed the sleeves and that's when Steve notices the familiar bat tattoos - scars and all.

And before Steve can stop staring, the car owner pulls back from under the hood and locks eyes with him. "Hey, Munson," Steve swallows, suddenly regretting his sweater

[thepersonalwords]

A robin redbreast in a cagePuts all heaven in a rage.A dove-house fill'd with doves and pigeonsShudders hell thro' all its regions.A dog starv'd at his master's gatePredicts the ruin of the state.A horse misused upon the roadCalls to heaven for human blood.Each outcry of the hunted hareA fibre from the brain does tear.A skylark wounded in the wing,A cherubim does cease to sing.The game-cock clipt and arm'd for fightDoes the rising sun affright.Every wolf's and lion's howlRaises from hell a human soul.- "Auguries of Innocence

William Blake, The Complete Poems

[spacefinch]

Bird names that also make good people names: a list

Feel free to use the names in this list for yourselves, for your OCs, for whatever you want!

Anhinga

Ani

Apalis

Aracari

Astrapia

Avocet

Barbet

Reedling

Bittern

Brambling

Canary

Condor

Cotinga

Coua

Crow

Dacnis

Darter

Dove

Dovekie

Dunlin

Egret

Eider

Elaenia

Emu

Falcon

Finch (that's me!)

Francolin

Fulmar

Galah

Goshawk

Grandala

Harrier

Hawk

Heron

Hobby

Hoopoe

Iora

Jabiru

Jacana

Jackdaw

Jaegar

Jay

Junco

Kea

Kestrel

Kinglet

Kite

Kittiwake

Kiwi

Lark

Lory

Macaw

Magpie

Mallard

Manakin

Martin

Merlin

Monal

Murre

Myna

Nene

Nighthawk

Nightingale

Oriole

Osprey

Ostrich

Owl

Parotia

Parula

Petrel

Phoebe

Pigeon

Piper (as in "sandpiper")

Pipit

Pitta

Plover

Prinia

Quail

Quelea

Quetzal

Rail

Raven

Reedling

Rhea

Robin

Roller

Rook

Rosefinch

Rosella

Sanderling

Seriema

Serin

Shrike

Siskin

Sitella

Skua

Skylark

Sora

Sparrow

Starling

Swift

Tanager

Teal

Tern

Tinamou

Tityra

Thrush

Tody

Trogon

Troupial

Tui

Turaco

Vanga

Veery

Verdin

Vireo

Weaver

Whimbrel

Wigeon

Wren

[deadeyes-o0]

Auguries of Innocence

By William Blake

To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour

A Robin Red breast in a Cage

Puts all Heaven in a Rage

A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons

Shudders Hell thr’ all its regions

A dog starvd at his Masters Gate

Predicts the ruin of the State

A Horse misusd upon the Road

Calls to Heaven for Human blood

Each outcry of the hunted Hare

A fibre from the Brain does tear

A Skylark wounded in the wing

A Cherubim does cease to sing

The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight

Does the Rising Sun affright

Every Wolfs & Lions howl

Raises from Hell a Human Soul

The wild deer, wandring here & there

Keeps the Human Soul from Care

The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife

And yet forgives the Butchers knife

The Bat that flits at close of Eve

Has left the Brain that wont Believe

The Owl that calls upon the Night

Speaks the Unbelievers fright

He who shall hurt the little Wren

Shall never be belovd by Men

He who the Ox to wrath has movd

Shall never be by Woman lovd

The wanton Boy that kills the Fly

Shall feel the Spiders enmity

He who torments the Chafers Sprite

Weaves a Bower in endless Night

The Catterpiller on the Leaf

Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief

Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly

For the Last Judgment draweth nigh

He who shall train the Horse to War

Shall never pass the Polar Bar

The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat

Feed them & thou wilt grow fat

The Gnat that sings his Summers Song

Poison gets from Slanders tongue

The poison of the Snake & Newt

Is the sweat of Envys Foot

The poison of the Honey Bee

Is the Artists Jealousy

The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags

Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags

A Truth thats told with bad intent

Beats all the Lies you can invent

It is right it should be so

Man was made for Joy & Woe

And when this we rightly know

Thro the World we safely go

Joy & Woe are woven fine

A Clothing for the soul divine

Under every grief & pine

Runs a joy with silken twine

The Babe is more than swadling Bands

Throughout all these Human Lands

Tools were made & Born were hands

Every Farmer Understands

Every Tear from Every Eye

Becomes a Babe in Eternity

This is caught by Females bright

And returnd to its own delight

The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar

Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore

The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath

Writes Revenge in realms of Death

The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air

Does to Rags the Heavens tear

The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun

Palsied strikes the Summers Sun

The poor Mans Farthing is worth more

Than all the Gold on Africas Shore

One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands

Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands

Or if protected from on high

Does that whole Nation sell & buy

He who mocks the Infants Faith

Shall be mockd in Age & Death

He who shall teach the Child to Doubt

The rotting Grave shall ne'er get out

He who respects the Infants faith

Triumphs over Hell & Death

The Childs Toys & the Old Mans Reasons

Are the Fruits of the Two seasons

The Questioner who sits so sly

Shall never know how to Reply

He who replies to words of Doubt

Doth put the Light of Knowledge out

The Strongest Poison ever known

Came from Caesars Laurel Crown

Nought can Deform the Human Race

Like to the Armours iron brace

When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow

To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow

A Riddle or the Crickets Cry

Is to Doubt a fit Reply

The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile

Make Lame Philosophy to smile

He who Doubts from what he sees

Will ne'er Believe do what you Please

If the Sun & Moon should Doubt

Theyd immediately Go out

To be in a Passion you Good may Do

But no Good if a Passion is in you

The Whore & Gambler by the State

Licencd build that Nations Fate

The Harlots cry from Street to Street

Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet

The Winners Shout the Losers Curse

Dance before dead Englands Hearse

Every Night & every Morn

Some to Misery are Born

Every Morn and every Night

Some are Born to sweet delight

Some are Born to sweet delight

Some are Born to Endless Night

We are led to Believe a Lie

When we see not Thro the Eye

Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night

When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light

God Appears & God is Light

To those poor Souls who dwell in Night

But does a Human Form Display

To those who Dwell in Realms of day

Vision of the Last Judgement

By William Blake

[scifrey]

THE SKYLARK'S SONG - UNBOXING VIDEO

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About the Book

A Saskwyan flight mechanic with uncanny luck, seventeen-year-old Robin Arianhod grew up in the shadow of a decade-long war. But the skies are stalked by the Coyote—a ruthless Klonn pilot who picks off crippled airships and retreating soldiers. And as the only person to have survived an aerial dance with Saskwya’s greatest scourge, Robin has earned his attention.

As a Pilot, Robin is good. But the Coyote is better. When he shoots her down and takes her prisoner, Robin finds herself locked into a new kind of dance. The possibility of genuine affection from a man who should be her enemy has left her with a choice: accept the Coyote’s offer of freedom and romance in exchange for repairing a strange rocket pack that could spell Saskwya’s defeat, but become a traitor to her country. Or betray her own heart and escape. If she takes the rocket pack and flees, she could end the war from the inside.

Filled with intrigue, #forbiddenromance, and a touch of #steampunk, #TheSkylarksSong soars in this new #duology from the award-winning author of #TheAccidentalTurn series.

[wakamotogarou]

Auguries of Innocence p1

By William Blake

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower  Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand  And Eternity in an hour A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage  A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons Shudders Hell thr' all its regions  A dog starvd at his Masters Gate Predicts the ruin of the State  A Horse misusd upon the Road Calls to Heaven for Human blood  Each outcry of the hunted Hare A fibre from the Brain does tear  A Skylark wounded in the wing  A Cherubim does cease to sing  The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight Does the Rising Sun affright  Every Wolfs & Lions howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul  The wild deer, wandring here & there  Keeps the Human Soul from Care  The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife And yet forgives the Butchers knife  The Bat that flits at close of Eve Has left the Brain that wont Believe The Owl that calls upon the Night Speaks the Unbelievers fright He who shall hurt the little Wren Shall never be belovd by Men  He who the Ox to wrath has movd Shall never be by Woman lovd The wanton Boy that kills the Fly Shall feel the Spiders enmity  He who torments the Chafers Sprite Weaves a Bower in endless Night  The Catterpiller on the Leaf Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief  Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly  For the Last Judgment draweth nigh  He who shall train the Horse to War Shall never pass the Polar Bar  The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat  Feed them & thou wilt grow fat  The Gnat that sings his Summers Song Poison gets from Slanders tongue  The poison of the Snake & Newt Is the sweat of Envys Foot  The poison of the Honey Bee Is the Artists Jealousy The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags  A Truth thats told with bad intent Beats all the Lies you can invent  It is right it should be so  Man was made for Joy & Woe  And when this we rightly know  Thro the World we safely go  Joy & Woe are woven fine  A Clothing for the soul divine  Under every grief & pine Runs a joy with silken twine  The Babe is more than swadling Bands Throughout all these Human Lands Tools were made & Born were hands  Every Farmer Understands Every Tear from Every Eye Becomes a Babe in Eternity  This is caught by Females bright And returnd to its own delight  The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar  Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore  The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath Writes Revenge in realms of Death  The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air Does to Rags the Heavens tear  The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun  Palsied strikes the Summers Sun The poor Mans Farthing is worth more Than all the Gold on Africs Shore One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands  Or if protected from on high  Does that whole Nation sell & buy  He who mocks the Infants Faith Shall be mockd in Age & Death 

[pt 1, cont.]

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Auge (Kingdom of Ichor)

Age- 32 (immortal)

Location- New Olympus, Olympius (The Royal Palace)

Personality- She's a comfortable loner who values time to herself, but doesn't actively avoid people. She's self-aware, independent, empathetic, & loyal to those she cares about. She's aromantic and single.

Auge comes from a well liked family in the pantheon. Her older sister is Alectrona (goddess of the sun & morning) while her fraternal twin sister is Anatole (goddess of sunrise). Auge & her twin are part of The Horae.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess except shapeshifting. As the goddess of first daylight her other powers/abilities include limited photokinesis, limited circadian manipulation (as it relates to dawn), and limited aerokinesis. She's at her most strongest in the hours of 4 am through 6 am.

Auge lives in an apartment suite at the royal palace on Mt. Olympus. The interior design is a pastel daydream of blue, pink, light yellow, white, & lavender. There's flowy silk curtains, decorative knit blankets, and cotton furniture. On the walls of her bedroom, it's covered in wallpaper with a design of skylarks, sing thrushes, robins, & blackbirds.

She likes working the early hours at the palace's gift shop before it opens, mainly doing stock and inventory.

Notable features of Auge's physical appearance includes a septum piercing, understated make-up, as well as styling her hair in various crochet hairstyles which she does on her own.

A go-to drink for her is the homemade banana almond butter smoothies she makes. She also likes white tea, almond milk, ginger lavender iced tea, ginger ale, sparkling peartinis, & botanical beer. Her usuals from The Roasted Bean include a small iced tea, a large chai latte, and an olympian sized vanilla sweet cream cold brew.

After her quick shift at the gift shop, she'll spend the rest of her morning jogging through the main courtyard of the palace.

Far from the only divine pair of twins in the pantheon, Auge and Anatole are as different as night & day. Aside from when the group as a girl's night out, Auge prefers her me time, soaking in all the hours to herself. She finds it annoying when her sisters try to invite her out to spend time with the family that has two of the most revered light deities- Hyperion (Titan god of heavenly light) and Helios (Titan god of the sun).

She usually gets around through use of her bike and public transportation.

In The Horae, Auge is closest to Arktos (goddess of the night sky & constellations) and Nymphe (goddess of self-care).

A guilty pleasure for her are the hash browns from The Hearthside Diner. She'll sometimes order six at a time!

She loves the homemade brown sugar scrub masks that Nymphe makes!

Auge is a proud cinephile! Her home entertainment system is always in use through her extensive DVD collection. She also visits the cinema a few times a month where she saves the ticket stubs in a photo album. Auge loves watching dramas & tragedies- opting for films that are spoken in Greek. She's also a frequent visitor of the annual Athens Film Festival as well as some of the smaller indie movie festivals.

She loves when her big sis brings over homecooked meals- her personal favorite being the orange glazed fried chicken and fluffy buttermilk waffles.

Auge also frequents a beauty supply store in the Chant du Cygne neighborhood to buy packs of crochet hair, twists, faux locs, & braids.

She can't go to sleep without her plush stuffed skylark (which is named Toffee). Auge won it at a game at the Lunarworld Theme Park, where she went with Taygete & Arktos.

A go-to thing she loves getting from The Bread Box is the monte cristo sandwich along with a roasted quinoa salad.

In the pantheon Auge's also friends with Hesychia (goddess of quiet, stillness, rest, & silence), Ioke (goddess of pursuit, tumult, & battle rout), Nárkosi (goddess of sedation), Palioxis (goddess of backrush & retreat), and Taygete (one of The Pleiades).

She loves the Olmorfia's plushful pastel line of soft hued nail polish. Some of her favorite shades are "hue to the artist" (purple pastel), "powder pose" (a blush pastel pink), "white tea" (a light grayish white pastel), & "coasting skies" (a light baby blue pastel).

Auge loves snacking on her homemade trail mix of dark chocolate chips, chia seeds, sundried dates, roasted walnuts, and cashews.

Her all time favorite film is Μια υπόσχεση θλίψης (A Promise of Sorrow).

Daylight Savings Time is unofficially her favorite holiday!

Auge's aware of the slow growing MGM movement, but she personally doesn't mind her status as a minor goddess. She loves the freedom her status allows to live a mostly anonymous life.

She opted against modeling for Zeus' lingerie line Heavenly Spark. Auge's the only one of The Horae to do so.

She's been thinking about adopting a kid on/off for the past few years.

In her free time Auge enjoys birdwatching, swimming, reading, knitting, yoga, listening to music, scrapbooking, photography, going to museums, bowling, fishing, kayaking, and baseball.

Her & her sisters LOVE eating breakfast for dinner. Auge's signature dish is crab-and-avocado eggs benedict topped with shiitake mushrooms.

"Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it."

[29pageshomestuckeveryday]

Homestuck, page 3,386

Rufio: Make him pay.

Oh no! Rufio has just been murdered through the chest by his cruel nemesis, Captain Hook! His newfound father figure and Man-Skylark watches in horror!!!

Author commentary: There is a minor pattern going on here, where every time the story shows sad kids kissing corpses, we cut away to an unusually hysterical self-insert segment. Remember in Hivebent this happened when someone was about to kiss a corpse, and we pulled back to see me trapped in an attic? What does this mean? I'm not sure. Perhaps the dissonance accompanying particularly distasteful material is so strong, it can't help but pull us through the fourth wall. That's a good thing for us though, because this scene is legendary. Here I am, dressed as a Man-Skylark, which isn't actually a thing at all on any plane of reality. But it sort of fits here, because I'm essentially reprising the role Robin Williams played in Hook. Williams played a fully grown Peter Pan who forgot he was Peter Pan and had to go back to Never Never Land to rescue his kids. I, too, am a grown man awkwardly shoved into a story for kids, fumbling around like a stooge and falling in love with Rufio. The main difference between this and the actual movie is that Robin Williams was too much of a chickenshit bitch to even bother TRYING to get to first base with Rufio. But I'm mainly guessing this is due to the fact that being gay in the '90s was illegal.